The Sun. — London, England, 1864-02-04 00:00:00

illie slB word° f a ol‘ „ 3 11 0 9 ' h to' rW a eil t lsP le!' .0 03 t h e o P oot el ' Loa d" j olff Rio he r oc.r a , au t° ve k for' ea To o o o ,e9'°' 0 .0 0 t 6114 1 P" sOl digt it' Y port § t gt° ie 18 c° 08- VI v.. It oot e ro 0 011 'CO T h°ll) 6 40 001 . , t 1 r fev 0--'4'-y MARKET. AND C°I4IitERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Th e CITY, ONE O'CLOCK. • m embers of the Stock Exchange this morn tti' la anxious anticipation of the Queen's speech, 1 41 11e i a r little disposed to transact business. Specy -10:111148 been much circumscribed, and the desire itt 'ertain what course the English Government t et e h t , clß to pursu e in relation to Denmark has not t I te "i Paralleled for some considerable time pas flglish Funds are ;- flatter, Consols being 94 /4 far 17°° fleY and 901 7 5 4 - for the account. t ote t he Foreign Market there is also a very heavy and business is dull. Turkish Consolidea 209 are /3 eeded to 45146,; Mexican, 34a ; Greek, S Panish P ass i ve, 311 321 ; an d the Certifl , . 148 '1 share s are also flatter, w i t h very f ew Th n ur eat East ern N orthern J unct i on R a il way , half ~c ap ital of £1,500 , 000 , i n s h ares o f £2O each, hot which h as b een already su b scr ib e d , i s Orej't for ward und er th e ausp i ces o f th e G ener al et4tltand Finan ce C ompany. Th e ra il way i s t o Prib r e : t the Coal di s t r i c t s o f th e nor th an d the 14ti'Pal towns of Lancashire and Yorkshire with 44111' by Me ans of a trunk l i ne start i ng f rom / °neu ter, and joi n i ng th e G rea t Eastern near tlie 4t 7es . It will run on almost a level gra ,aed will b e a b le to convey coa l s an d 0fi,1 4 at a saving o f a b ou t 2 s . per ton, which ttit'ett r epresent s a ga i n o f a b out £500,000 p er 46. :ta to the London coal consumer. Besides this Vay tt ll ,, ta ge as a th roug h li ne, i t a l so prov id es ra il- 0 14 i," 2"lo lodation for populous districts now with. Vilf - 1 ? means of transit. The length of the line ~ttl.oBi, miles, with 211 miles more for 'ooe'n'eal and th e t o t a l cos t will be about theo, 4 %, half o f w hi c h h as been taken by lot !! : ea t East ern Company, some o f w h ose direc lhe b°l:llP°Be the board of the new undertaking. for Eastern also contracts to work the line ttaf4 Per cent., a n d contr ib utes 55 per cen t. gross 0 11 o e °' n ew line, an d same on it s tr a ffic conveyed hiit l i, rea t East ern, to a fund out o f w hi c h a illiE tta44 tit e 1 d ividend of 5 per cent. per annum is 4 to the shareholders. At t h „ „ Two O'CLOCK. alr, It l ' raris B ourse t hi s morn i ng , accor di ng to were"eter's t e l egram, the Three per Cent. Rentes quoted 66f. 25c. Better. ton nt tyhei l lion ual meeting to-day of the London and tli vid ena (i nk, Mr. Ni c h o ll i n th e c h a i r , the usual Pet tell . o f 6 per ce n t., t oge th er w ith a bo n us of 6 titre", W as declared f or th e half-year, tt ock mased depression is perceptible in the English 90 1 , 4r ket, Coupons now being 90 for transfer, I)l4 e , i4 "°r the account. Transactions have taken ti t 80? 9 th e New Th rees an d R e d uc ed Annuities, 44 )1. c aulit. a , and E xc h equer Bill s are marked 4s. inth - the er downward movement has taken place -titish val n e of the p r i n cipal Foreign Securities. tolid es u Per cents., 1862, are 661 I ; ditto Con- N)ttni 45 i 46; M ex i can , 34k k ; G ree k, 20 1 - d; Lo an. 84 Pas kp . ,„ sive, 31,1 32 ; and the Confederate In ' " 48 . 1 4 - the ve Itsilway Share Market the dealings N on n°t been very animated. Great Western, ttv a et'iyeestern, Metropolitan, and South Eastern ,; 6 1. ; 1 ,, k 11 . given way about 6e., and Caledonian ‘ite ttt Zile Bristol and Exeter have improved £l, iel t ) Z°rthern 10s„ and North Eastern (Ber hriliZoPoreign and Colonial lines show little ~84 41. 4 as regards values. l ive, 44,iind Miscellaneous Shares continue inac -1110441'0411in some instances are at slightly reduced qo Il kIT 1,, ~,,, isrr F UNDS —CLOSING PRICES. t e 1111t'...T FUNDS. u itt ea t. - 3 p er o k et zoasols 11 . ‘ „ov i. . a elkt 1 1 _'' It It) March 5 A N A , - IA; C uced ' Aa r : i i D e , Ilt, 90 1 891 901 4411 ,, al t /; 4, A: T ll i'. Jan. 1894 ' t)itt n - , e N3o';',laBs ilc , Ditt o -- 6 ,°,,r 30 *;,_ 1.8 , expire sth Jan., 1880 — ' l cite e - „ttled ‘," , expire - sth April, 1885 l4l bf l i e r 13iii: a Telegraph), Aug. 1908 — . b• 0 -, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent 4 dis teal; t ltto £SOO °l a £lOO and £2OO iliztlk t lid Btlc 4 , s litt 8, 4 G ov ,4/ per Ct., last hf.-yr. 235 4 .)/tc o clt,l o , E ltliMEN T SECURITIES. Di t i'lke e ,,, 2 Per Cent., April 1874 215 ift ° 1„,,6611t ................ ti., , itt, e , I , l ec - o - a` ell l. July, . 18 : /0 . T ,''''ltt e b ' Per Cent...... — 'AC ''-alf , 888 to 6 aced pa Oct.• .. Ditto Ditto Per c e Per, 4 per Cent .. 91 'Att e 1 .1 pe r e , 1872 .. )pehe r/t „ el lt., May, 1879 .. bi tf Itto ' r e! 3 , per Ct., April 1861 I) ° li e ditto -i tto 1 , 11(19 Z1 0 Aug., 1866 d e .00 _ b t" £ l,OO O 44t,..;'°-ttEjav -.41 4 to --4. F UNDS—CLOSING PRICES. lititt o .13 itt ll e d8 ' 6 per Cent .. r adii Accou nt 1859 ...... • I litt 41 6 Pe ...... — it 0, 183 r c eat ...... 101 t , , , .......... 6 °41 per 'Alu 1859 .. ki bi tfe se byt o "nt., 1852-58-60 1863 V i llos . A : I P, 1863, 45 • .. 86 l ar , Yre s 6 •-, paid nbit 'Der c Per Cent — 4, to 4i e ent .. tietibia4 t is cent. ....... .. ..... _ kt a t ,!. Per c eri er t i P 0. pd -gt, lf pe (e at ...... b bi t l t i 4; 2i per r , 4 , 1 11 1 1 1 .! Dere e : 44 .) ix. .12 . 611ilde'r's *u,iiiitttotoypeel; ece'it; 11 8 8 2 8 6 3 11,,01. clip, 4r.t. 1864 g itqt °, P ew • C en u *fol . ... li tti k ,liovi sowa 1. 1 ,a ne . c . 1._ 1 per Cent — O ke t,to, Bee Per cent Land Warrant — 101 1 bit t 6 Per ° d ld Issue I); D ttfe a A eo e tteollu e n t t .. , . 1.824-5, ex-Coupons.. . -- , A ,0.._ .......... Ilan I to kie:,07417 .............. k ek ,6 l) „ 6 p er • c e ji ;i: 12.rti 3' l. (43 13.t.( a k o tt o A p er cent rernreana Railway) 73 -- 4. lo tiet,c to cor trit .. •• • • ..... . 3 0 I 1 1 4 , 41 , 4 ,_ . a • ...... . • ........ --- er a n 4 a er . l . I 5 Cent Dit/ o .2 pef, _ • e • ta . t l2l ilit.itio eferrekel% ..... — lii ll 3 ,!lit e e_ 4 1 . \AZ arrants (YI .......) p oittZ,lB6i u Per Cent., Ex. 26f _ pb o eli p (, ............ • invert ap', ? 3 ) £42 Bs. 3d. paid — pm h !tt o 'N._ •-ent P_ o jltt ° li l: nt / , 4,, 4, r L ent., 1862 11 1 414 1 ,;'%'unt 81 i te 4 e3 Pec b tt o a e,,,,,,, out., 1853 11, ll to .Per CA' . Ni t -.c c , - rat, 18.56, '7, '9, 'GO, 62,'2 —l) it/ 0 4 , 6 p e ,U ltl p 47 hli p er C ent., 1822 , £St — Dia n ttto - Cent 1850 1 4 b r itt o a 6 Per c e 1860 _ Din e e n Pe r e at, 1859 t ui tto att 5 p e e nt, 1862 BB 71 k Pat t i Ac e , r Cent .. zi , 11 a De lira ............ •• • -• • ;" . " 2 '. btto,k eee r C en t ............. ___. Ditto x :Ira .u: ........ b i ,to Ac e b efe ' rr ....7 -..... 1 ,..,t 0 ~ cou,,, . ~. .... titt o Aatiel,,,e• •'',lllol(„ceettiif ON A vert. nf „ '.5tii 4 ,14.1 0 . /ii i t . 01 1 p not funded g b l i , ti 4, o pper ce.u.t.. bit° ~ 4 .. )c eer c ent. ~.,/. 1 11 ) i l l t t t t t tt : ° , G A t P i e o e o r : a l le n t je t tn : t . . 18 5 8 .1 6. 4: - - t, , 0 h_ ,, tends bi 1 .1.45 ACT °e at. 186 ),, , ,p .n. OlAnt D itto 3,100 13_ ii.. I tt li_t/t o p er cee...t,18. Iztl e i eltra tte u e t s 1'863 ‘ ,. ftba ,s a 3 per ~, n , 4 per Cent 991 'lilt, .. l a c er c ell ' t. " , ~t 0.„..., N te Di v i a tint .... ' 3 ° 4 ). 2 "(Is °U the .. I) :li e ,Per c ell , above payable in Loud .n. ftr...atli heat Cent _x. 12 Gull. I,i . .ta e ,, 'AIiL uertificates . — 'uitt t ; ° A pe r 6e'...:,Per Cent.. Ex. 25f -. t 4l ecoix /I1. 7• • • 186 1, Ex. 25 francs.. ol isp! . .......... . , 661 I lit/ o e A l l e to to a lezt .... .............. THREE . .. O'CLOCK. ____ .. ....... .... ... coi i SZI PPING—This D a y. t, oNl ,_ 1 4 s htt:4, Feb. 4.— Wind this day at noo n —N or th ; 4, 1141 11 1 bteez e, and fi ne weather, with showers of hail 4 nrni n. thil eaii,f4 ' et). 3, —. ds , w,— Arrived—Prinee Rupert, • W . n i MT MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.) At t i ve GRAVESEND, Thursday Mornin g . ` ,io 4 ) Feb, 4— Mazatlan, from New Y o rk. i lttil tk Nval a . DEAL, Thursday Morning, .... vartbaldi, for Hull, iono rit w hich jion. goo, 4 were ass tile e, 0 ' 134 sef 11114 SHARE 2d.ARKETS,---This day. ORDINARY SHARES AND STOCKS. Share, Railways. i Paid. Closing Business Price. done. 13.14. Wol., and Str. Val. all 8 84 25 Blythe and Tyne. 10 Bodt.,Sleaf.,andlklid.Co all 84 84 st Bristol and Exeter 100 84 66 85 st Caledonian lOO 1194 1204 120 50 2ork and Bandon all 20 Cornwall 10 10 Do Do B . A A gets no div ) all till 6p c.p an.hv been paid to B. all 60 Dublin & Belfast June. all 37 39 25 Dun.,Perth,&Ab. June. all 16 17 st Edinburgh & Glasgow. 100 95 97 st Glasg. and S. Western. 100 106 108 st Great Eastern, Ord. stk 100 481 491 494 et Ditto A stock et Ditto East Anglian st 100 71 84 st GreatNorthof Scotland 100 et Great Northern... lOO 128 129 128 4 st Do A stock lOO 134 136 134 st Do Bdo st Gt. S. and W. of Irelane 100 97 99 st Great Western 100 64 65 644 st Do Str Val gua. stock 100 et Lancashire & Yorkshire 100 109 1094 1094 st London and Blackwall 100 70 72 st Lon., Bright.,& S. Coast 100 102 103 st Lon., Chat., and Dover 100 40 42 et Lon. & North Western 100 106 1064 1064 et Lon. & So , ..th Western 100 1021 fe34 1021 at Man., Shef., & Lincoln. 100 491 504 50 Maryport and Carlisle. all 124 Dot shares all st Metropolitan all 98 99 94 9 st Midland 6.4.0 Do New st Do Birming. & Derby 100 97 90 50 Mid. Gt. W. of Ireland all 25 Do. 6 shares 26 Mid Kent 10 Do Cray Line et North British st Edin., Perth, & Dundee 100 25 16 st Nth. Eastern—Berwick 100 1021 1034 1024 34 21 34 25 Do, G.N.E. purchas (6.13.4 0 st Do Leeds lOO 58 09 st Do York at Do Carlisle lOO et North London 10 Do New 5 1 2 p 19.16.4 North Staffordshire 10 - Iq. and S. W. Junction all 11 114 st Scottish Central at Scot N. E., Aber. stock 100 43 45 st 1)o Scot. Mid. stock lOO 98 100 10 Shrews. and Welohpoo all st Shropshire Union 100 63 64 st ,South Devon lOO 33 34 st 'South Eastern et South Wales st S. York. and River Dun 100 98 100 20 staines,Wok.,audWok all 94 104 25 Stockton & Darlington all 88 39 25 Do l7 94 104 25 Do New, 1866 8 74 8 p st Taff Vale.. 10 Do B 8 54 55 ti 10 Do C 3 3 84 p 50 Ulster 25 Do 12.10 Do 54 st ;Vale of Neath at ;Victoria sta. and Pint 100 170 175 st ,Waterford & Kilkenny 100 at West Cornwall lOO 22 25 st 'W. Hartlepool Har.&R lOO st West Midland -Oxford 100 at Do Newport 100 st Do Hereford 100 BRITISH POSSESSIONS. Closing Ali arc Railways Paid. Price. Business don. 100 mantic &St Lawrcnc4 all 59 61 iioni.,Baroda&.Cent Ind Sk 1(w 102 IC4 Gu. 5 per cent. 20 Do. New . ...... 8 d 1 P 20 Do. K Shares... 7l 1 p 201 Buffalo and Laic Huron all 51 6 10 Do. Preterunoe Buiralo,Brant,&Godrieli 100 lOO 6 p. ot. bds. Aug. 1, 1872 100 Do. do. July 1, 187:: 100 100 Do. do. June 1, 1877 100 at Clcutt a.& S. Eastn. (1,11 100 1(:0 101 at Cape Town Dock Scri; 100 Ito 102 stock Eastn. Bengal gu. 6 p lOO 104 106 stock }Last Indian. gu. sp. c lOO 102 104 1031 20 Do. do. G Ext l5 p 20 Do. do. II do. stock Grand Trunk of Canada too 191 20 3 100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 75 731 100 Do. do. deferred all 58 31 100 Do. 2d Pret. Bonus all 66 68 100 Do. do. deferred. all 49 55 100 Do. 3d Pi ef. stock all 60 62 100 Do. do. deferred all 33 42 100 Do. 4th Pref. stock all 26 28 100 Do. do. deferred all 20 14 stock Ot.lndiaPenin.g - ua.sp.c tOO 103 105 103 6 20 Do. New gua. sp. 0 l2 2 20 Do. January, 1882 stook Gt. South.of India (Lim guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 102 104 201 Gt. W. of Canada Share:. all 98 10 20 Do. New 100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 with't opt. all 92 94 100 Do. p. 0. do. '77-8.. .. all 55 87 10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p stock Madras- guar* , 5p.0. .. 100 101 103 stock Do. 41 p. .3. Extension 100 97 99 stock Do. 4t d 0........ 100 +.2 •96 20 Do. Fifth Extension. 2 -- 21 stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bnds. 100 50 Melb. & Hobson's hay. all 58 60 100 Do. 7p. c. Mortg. Bds. all 20 New Br unswick Candk Class A, and B .. all 1 3 5 N.lll.C'dao pc Ist pf bds 100 82 84 stock Scinde .......... (100 102 104 stock Do. Delhi lOO 102 101 .20 Do. do g; 1 2 2/3 at Do. Punjaub c, all 102 104 e c j z , 100 .00k Do. indus:St. Flo.) 100 93 100 COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES. uan.Gov. 6 p.c.J 1877-84 ................ 100 100 102 100 Do. 6p. c. Feb. & Aug. 100 IC2 104 j Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 102 IQ4 IC2 D 0.5 p. a. Jan.&July. DC 90 82 89. 901 Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 90 92 Cape G.llope, 6 p c,1873 100 106 107 Do.Ap & Oct. 1880 100 109 111 Do. 1800 100 /09 11l - ,Do. Jan. & July, 1891.. 100 107 109 'Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 1 10 112 'Mauritius 6 per cent .. 100 103 106 Natal Gov. 6 per cont.. 100 IV 109 ,N.B.Gov. p.o.J a.&J uly 100 iOl 103 Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct 100 - -. N. S.'W. ov. 5 p 186( 100 99 100 Do. sp. c.,18/1 to Plc 100 99 10) Do. d0.,1888 &upwds 100 99 100 991 - ,New Zealand 6 p cent 100 107 109 ;Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c. 1 sterling, 1875 lOO 103 105 'Queensland Gcv. 6p. c 100 - ;S. Aus G6p.c.1878.& up lOO 108 110 - j Vlo.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 Do. to 60.0. An.er.Oot.. 100 1691 1101 1091 1 BRITISH MINES. 2 Cambrian Consol. Gold 1 8 l id dittord Amalgamated 386 896 981 Devon G. Con.. (Tavist ) 1 570 680 East Bassett (Illogan) 30 676 70 68 1 East Clogau Gold Ltd 52. id yar East Caradon ...... 2.14.6 27 28 East Cam Brea... 3.4.0 7 76 K WlRussel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 5 06 Gam.dzSt.Aubyn(Gwen., 581 9 11 Great South Tolgus 175 46 5 G. Wheal Vor alelston 40 168 176 171 Grenville... 6.16. r , 5 56 5} Hem:Ars-Foot liingston Downs Lady Bertha Margaret (Uny Lelant 96 17 19 Marke Valley.. 4 Myndy Iron Oro (Lim ; 26 16 / New Setun l9l 80 90 - • North Downs 2, 2 26 N.Wh'i Basset (Mogan 3.1.0 26 2 North Wheal Crotty Par Consols (St. Blazey , Vrovidenee(UuyLelnt., 10.6.7 44 46 South Caradon(St.Cleer, 16 425 135 S. Carn Brea (Illogan) — S.Wheal Pratt. (Illogan 18.18.9 576 621 Stray Park 30.17.6 28 30 5 ramar Silv.& Lead Min 46 k fin Crolt v 196 206 206 - West Basset (Mogan). 16 11 12 W Cs radon. (Liskeard: 5 54 56 West Seton. Wheal Basset (Illogan, 56 80 85 Wheal Buller (Redruth, 10 4 i 50 496 Wheal Kitty (U.Lelant, 2.0.6 WhealLudcott Wheal Mary Ann (Lien Wheal ileton 586 160 170 Wheal Treiawney (Lis.; 7 28 25 Wheal Union 3.17 3 36 .PREFERENCE SHARES. Great Eastern, E. Counties. Ext. No. 1, 110 London and S.-Western 43 per cent., _ _ Ditto, Portsmouth perpet. anna.ot 2s. 6d., 21 Midland 4} per cent. pt. stk. rd., 103} , LINES LEASED Al' FIXED RENTALS. Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, 3i SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, HARROW FLAT RACES AND STEEPLECHASES. WEDNESDAY. A Flat Race Selling Stakes of 3 sous each, with 20 added. About five furlongs. Mr. Mellon's Telscombe, 3 yrs, 6st 71b Mr. Pigott's Duplicity, aged, 7st 71b (Hibberd) 2 Mr. Ducker's Peru, 5 yrs, 7st 71b .. (W. Little) 3 Betting—Even on Peru, and 7 to 4 agst Telscombe. Won by two lengths; three lengths separated the second and third. The Selling Handicap Steeplechase of 3 soya each, with 20 added. About two miles. Mr. Last's Gin Sling, 6 yrs, lOst ..... o.(Barton) 1 Mr. Sill's Saucy Boy, aged, list 7lb Mr. Raine's Vulture, aged, list (Searle) 0 Mr. Langland's Armless, lOst 51b .. (J. James) 0 Betting-5 to 4on Vulture, and 4to 1 agst any other. Vulture refused, and Gin Sling came in alone. Tho Middlesex Grand Open Steeplechase (handicap) of 15 9ovs each, with 100 added ; winners extra. About three miles and a half. Mr Co ventry's Agnes, aged, list 111 b.. (Capt. Coventry) 1 Mr Green's Deception, aged, list 91b (C. Boyce) 2 Copt. Tempest's Dadwing, aged, 12st 71b (Owner) 0 Mr Dixon's The Old Squire, aged, list 91b (Hick) 0 Capt, Handley's Doubtful, aged, llet 41b.. (Mr P Loton) 0 Betting-7 to 4 agst Deception, 3to 1 agst Redwing, 4 to 1 agst Agnes, 6 to 1 agst The Old Squire, 10 to 1 apt Doubtful. Won by three lengths. The Old Squire fell. The Volunteer Vase, value £25; list 71b each; winners extra. About one mile and a half. Mr. Tilbury's Mystery, aged Mr. Cedney's Heliopolis (71b extra) (Owner) 2 The following also ran :—Expectation, Rapture, Slasher, and Valentine. Betting-7 to 4 agst Slasher, and 3to 1 each agst Mys tery and Rapture. Won by two lengths. A Scurry Steeplechase Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, Once round. _ _ Mr. Lases Gin Sling, 6 yrs, list 71b (T. Barton) 1 Mr. Langland's Armless, lOst (J. James) 2 Monk, list 71b (J. Searle) 0 Betting--Even on Armless, and 2 to 1 each apt Monk and Gin Sling. Won by four lengths, Monk fell. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1864. LITERATURE, - - - A Young Artist's Life. Ono Vol., pp. 214. Hurst and Blackett. This very charming story is a perfect poem in prose. Lovingly and tenderly are tire character and early career of the young artist, Leonard Holme, depictcd by one who apparently knew and appre ciated him well; for the hero, we are told, is taken from the life. Many will recognise in the biogra pher a writer who has on more than one occasion found favour with the general public, and won golden opinions from the appreciative few ; but never has he written more freshly, more charmingly than in the pages of this brief and pathetic romance of real life. As a justification of our remarks let us select, almost at random, some of the bright thoughts and pleasant fancies scattered in profusion over these pages. Here, at the commencement, is a word of— truth which is after all the one only renovator of poor human nature, whether in " saint, in savage, or in sage." Pure Saddle Horses. By EdwArd Curr. Wilson and I\l•Kennon. Although Mr. Curr writes more particularly for the benefit of the Australian colonies, his book may be read with much profit by the breeders of horses in these countries. His views are those of a man who has had great practical experience of the animal he treats about in various countries, Euro p3an, Asiatic, and African ; and the result of his observation is given to us in a very agreeable and well•written narrative. There can be no doubt that Mr. Curr's estimate of the British saddle horse is a very correct one. The breed has, unquestionably, deteriorated of late years; and this deterioration he attributes, with perfect justice, to the descrip tion of sires employed to propagate them; the early age at which our thorough-bred horses are put to work ; and the severity of the training they undergo. Besides all which, the fact, that speed for the short distances run is the object sought to be attained, without reference to the power of staying, ie, p er haps, the main cause why the stallions approp r i ate d t o the getting of our saddle horses are mere weeds, worn out even at an early age by the discipline they have undergone in the hope of enabling them to struggle successfully for the great prizes which can only be contested by horses of under, or not exceeding, three years old. When a racehorse has distinguished himself in his early performances, and has figure and form to re• commend him, he, as a matter of course, is destined to breed racers ; and thi s p i ece of service al one effectually prevents hid being otherwise employed, for it would be preposterous to suppose that any man would pay fifty Jr a hundred guineas for a sire, when the utmost price he could expect to realise for the produce, when at maturity, would little, if at all, exceed that sum. There was formerly in Ireland a race of horses bred to run two and three mile heats, or races of four miles, carrying much heavier weights than are now carried over fiat courses, .fhe blood of those horses was pure, and although they were certainly not as fast for a short distance as the racer of the present day, they were by far stouter. And the stakes which they could win being but of small amount they were generally put to stud when they made a cha racter, the price of these services, though seldom exceeding five guineas, beirg found to he more re munerative than the sum of their winnings, and by them was produced the Irish hunter, a horse un matched in any other country for shape, size, action, and durability. But the mania for light weights, and short dist a n ces , has quite annihilated the rac e of sires which produced the Irish hunter of former days. And the consequence is, that that justly cele brated animal has almost; ceased to exist. The saddle horse is of far more importance in our Aus tralian colonies than he is at home. There, men travelling over the prairie, or through the forest, require animals of strength and vigour to carry them. They cannot use carriages, while with us no man dreams of making a journey of any length in the saddle. A ride to cover is the longest taken by our sporting men, and those who have distant visits to pay, or business to transact, have recourse to railways, or to post horses where railways do not exist. It is therefore not to be wondered at that the colonists take a far deeper interest in the breed of their saddle horses than we do, when it is remembered that their grass-fed animals are expected to carry men of all weights from 80 to 100 miles for many days consecutively. That Mr. Curr is right in demanding the infusion of Arab blood in the breeding of Australian horses does not admit of a doubt. The climate of his country is peculiarly adapted for the propagation of that noble species of his race ; and the food generally procurable is that on which the Arab hoist) alone can live and labour. We sincerely trust, therefore, that his countrymen will profit by the advice of a traveller wbo has seen and tested the qualities of the horse in so many different climes, and whose book evinces a thorough knowledge of the topic he writes upon, although the subject of which he treats is not of such importance to us as to his fellow colonists. Mr. Curr's volume will amuse and in struct its readers; his style is clear, and his descrip tion of trapping wild horses is worthy of being transcribed. A hunter had succeeded in bagging two lots, numbering 120; bat, not content with his good luck, he coveted another flock which appeared in view— In the meantime, a large herd of 150 wild horses bad been seen, and the conduCtor of the hunt, too eager for gain, instead of being satisfied with what he had captured and taking them to the yard to be subdued by thirst and hunger, as he had done in the first instance, determined to take this other lot also with him. Steadying his former captives and leaving what men he could spare is charge of them, he moved off with the rest of his party,and was not long in falling in with and heading down the other 150. Away they came in the direction of his depot party, each as hard as he could rattle, in a long string; the stallions and strong horses leading ; the mares, the old, the lame, and the foals, stringing out, but following the lead at their best pace. On their approach, those that had only just been joined to the crawlers, now well in wind, began to cock their ears, whinny, and become restless. Their anx iety communicated itself t o th e lot first captured, and, as these feelings of alarm are very contagious amongst gre garious animals, even the wretched crawlers began to get uneasy. In the mean time, the tramp of feet grew louder, and the 150 drew near, racing over the plain, mad with ex citement, their tails streaming in the air and clouds of dust flying from their hoofs, with a thunder of feet that might be heard miles off. Such was their impetuosity, that the quiescent body of half, subdued material was unable to stop them, and the whole affair became a rout, and every horse there, to the poorest crawler, joining in the rush was carried away by the excitement of the moment, Round went the two lots at meeting, in whirlwinds of dust; amidst its mantling clouds, the tossing of manes and streaming of tails, a thousand incidents flash indistinetly for a moment on the eye of the beholder ; the tall grey that has run headlong against another in mid career, rear ing high above the rest, for an instant his full height, tumbles backward with his neck broken ; the vicious old mare, that hates a throng, with head bowed to the ground, kicking all that come within reach ; the foal, overthrown, rolling amongst the feet of the multitude ; the neigh—the savage yell—the scream of terror—the thunder of hoofs—the rival stallions meet ing in the eddy, with outstretched neck, snake-like head, and ears laid back, true to their nature, springing with fury on each other, to satisfy in a moment of mortal terror the jealousy and hate which never brook postponement of battle; all had been and disappeared in an instant, for no headed. by resolute stallions re fusingb to be turned, the whole lot b ro k e f rom c ontrol and th li i n n d g a c n o d ul d d e r a e f s t t o ra d in anger, them. Bursting from their captors, Yells and cannon-like reports added fuel to the firs. The o s wf the t whips v h e i r p s t boef thep lain p Ursu T er h s e only whole lot escaped, and were seon out of sight behind the swells of the plain, the cloud of dense dust floating in the dry air marking 'the direction cf their flight, the person at whose expense the hunt had been got up having to return home with his party, losing the whole of his horses except those on which bis men were mounted, with the pleasant reflection that the domesticated horse, once free and joined with wild ones, is not a whit easier to recapture than the wildest denizen of the plain. This volume, we may observe in conclusion, is in scribedfeelings of affec tion,"the Ron. Mil es Gerald Keon, now Chief Secret ar y of the Bermudas. to by hi thes Old author, Friend, "with many The Man of the Hour : A Tale of Real Life. By Alfred Gladstone. Two Vols. Newby. As a perfect match to that perfect woman, cele brated by the poet as "mistress of herself, though china fall," Mr. Josiah Allcroft, the " Man of the Hour," is essentially , i n all circumstances , from the opening circumstances, master chapter, a h p ini te s r e , lfand a debtor's gaol, " his face full and radiant, his tongue plausible and s oft, " to the close of the last whenw o f e the find situation , him sittin g complacently in volume, when the chairman and two directors of a bank wait upon him, and threaten " to stop him in businoss," and he retorts, " You make a mistake. I will stop the bank;" and he does it ! Through the intricate mazes of the two volumes of this nar rative, Mr. Allcroft's (or rather, it should be, All• crafts) arts and contrivances are a happy satire upon the faults and frauds of the day. Intermingled with the history of his machinations is a very inte resting and adventurous story--a little too highly coloured, perhaps, in its descriptions : as, for example where one of the heroines is thus glowingly portrayed :—" Watch that soft blue eye, that cheek emulating the damask rose, the white forehead, those delicately-chiselled lips, the rounded nostrils _none of which Venus could have excelled ! Let that eye sparkle, that cheek flush, the forehead contract, the lips curl, the nostril ' dilate—and Minerva again walks the earth !" This fair lady is beloved, (and no wonder !) by a clerk in her father's employ. This gentleman, with honourable discretion, retires from his post, and as he is taking a sad farewell of the picture of his lady-love the damsel herself enters the room. A scene which loses much of its effect from its reminding us of that matchless " situation " between Fanny Trevanion and Pisistratus Caxton, a scene never to be forgotten by all who have read "The Caxtons." With blemishes such as we have referred to, Mr. Alfred Gladstone has given us a very ani mated and interesting romance. The Belle of the Ball. A Novel. By William Pickersgill, author of " Washington Grange." Two Vols. Newby. It is somewhat surprising that this title has not been already adopted by some novel-writer, the fair belle of a ball-room being so frequently the heroine of a three-volumed novel. As it is, Mr. Pickersgill has the merit of the selection, and a very charming belle he has depicted in Melita Hastings. How at this ball, which occurs in the first volume, the hero and heroine first encounter each other, and how, according to the famous and always appropriate quotation on the title-page, " Love took up the glass of Time and turned it in his glowing hands," we will not here further relate. Suffice it to say, that the hero, who is rejected by a proud family as being of the Arab tribe of actors, proves, by a strange combination of chances, to be the head of the very family that disdains him. A supposed murder, re sembling in some of its features the notorious Road tragedy, is introduced, with, we cannot but think, an absence of good taste and disCretion. A " COURT REGISTER OF THE HOUSE OF COM MONS" has just now bean commenced under the supervision of Mr. J. C. Whimper. The first of the four monthly parts within which it will be com pleted has been issued opportunely upon this very morning of the opening of Parliament by the Messrs. Trtibner of Paternoster-row. It contains, as each of the three subsequent instalments will also contain, upwards of 170 woodcut illustrations—these illustrations being simply the armorial bearings of the honourable members. The absence of any armorial bearing, however, in some irstances, as for example in those of Mr. Bright, of Mr. Mitchell, and Mr. Hodgson (probably, like sensible men, they will care nothing for it, however), appear somehow to render the publication slightly invidious. So far as it goes, however, it is likely to be acceptable to the generality: though we should certainly our selves have suggested the publication of the work not in a quarto size but in a size more compact and portable ! —even if it had, after the manner of the thumb-bible, dwindled down to a very miniature or mannikin of a duodecimo for the waistcoat pocket. MR. BEETON'S PUBLICATIONS still shine forth conspicuously among the popular periodicals of the day. They increase and multiply, moreover : for, while the old favourites continue to flourish, newer ones are, every now and then, making their appear ance from his establishment. Here blooming before us, for example, is that merry puzzling Christmas Book (reprinted and clad now in a glowing cover of blue and red) ycleped.. The Kiddle-a-fink, and penned or edited by Francis Der wick, one who can write not only readably bat most amusingly. Again as—a eompanion bit of fun and frolic, with a merry fool's cap and bells emblazoned on its cover—have we not hero Beeton's Book cg' Anecdote, TVit, and Humour ? Every page of it, tickling the reader into laughter, or tempting him at least to a dimpling smile. Here, too, is the The Boy's Own .111agazine, an old favourite, now in its tenth year I Illustrated plentifully always, and crammed full, month after month, with fact, fiction, history, and adventure. Bmides which, in a cheaper form, we have The Boy's Monthly Magazine and The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine. CASSELL'S PENNY SHAKSPERE gives every indi cation of proving an immense success. It is true that, as yet, we have enjoyed but a nibble of the the feast, but with the flavour of that we are more than satisfied. The illustrations are elegant and imaginative. The paper, the printing, all the little at ceteras of publication appear to have been sedu lously cared for by this most enterprising house of publishers. In their new undertaking we heartily wish them success—we feel:sure_they will deserve it —and we rest confident also that it will be their's. CHAMBERS'S JOURNAL, now in its fourth and best series, has evidently taken, in common parlance, a new lease of life. Part I. of this Fourth Series reflects the highest honour upon the great Edin burgh firm from which it emanates. It is in all essential respects pretty nearly as good as can be, as a very model of a cheap periodical. Its contents are as usual singularly varied. The con • tributors show, still, that they can instruct as well as amuse. The principal serial in the journal, as the public well know by this time, is the clever tale of " Lost Sir Massingberd." But the marvel of the publication in its new form, the peculiarity of it, at least, chiefly arresting our attention in respect to Part I. of the new series, is—the "getting" of it all " up." In this particular Chambers's Journal is more than ever attractive. THE GALLERY OF GEOGRAPHY, Part IV., is another of the valuable serials now being issued in a monthly form from the house of the Messrs. W. and It. Chambers. It brings the work on, now, to upwards of two:hundred pages—pages still, like the preceding ones, beautifully, and here and there pro fusely, embellished. A map of Africa is this month the principal illustration—the letterpress carrying us far on into the description of our own " loved native isle." MARKETS—This Day MARK-LANE. IMPERIAL WEEKLY AVERAGES.—Whest, 40s 8d ; barley, 32s Id ; oats, 18s lld ; rye, 31s 8d ; beans, 33s 3d ; and peas, 32s 10d. THE SIR WEEKS' AVERAGES. Wheat, 40s 6d; barley, 31s lld ; oats, 18s 10d; rye,3os ld ; beans, 33s 9d; peas, 33s ld. ENGLISH GRAIN SOLD LAST WEEK.—Wheat, 98,917 ; barley, 97,305 ; oats, 18,456 ; rye, 23 ; beans, 7,183 ; peas, 2,071 quarters. PRACTICAL WISDOM. Is it carelessness or frivolity to live in the present, as we all did, in those days? Is it not, in truth, the highest and best philosophy to enjoy the passing light of each blue day, as if it never should return—to revel in the bright mornings, which spring from Eternity, and return to Eternity at night? Why should we scorn the little days, passing on angel wings, and fix our thoughts on the regrets of the past, or the perils of the Future ? Strange it should be so, but so it is ; to most men there is no present—there is yesterday and to-morrow, but seldom to-day. We are ever like the passengers on the vessel's deck, bound to the far distant land ; some cluster in the bow, and strive with anxious vision to pierce the purple clouds resting on the horizon; others gather near the stern, and gaze with fond lingering regrets on the loved shore, sinking lower and lower as the ship speeds on her trackless way; but rarely is the wanderer found whose sense of enjoyment is satisfied with the fresh breeze, the bright sea-foam, the greatness and wildness of the waters he is traversing. Happy, inleed, are they who allow each day to suffice for itself, and only anticipate the future, when the anticipation relieves a present suffering. Such, and such only, will bear with them into maturer years the freshness and buoyancy of youth. _ _ In the history of an artist of course the subject of art is fittingly commemorated, ex gr. : ART AND ARTISTS. For an artist the sky has a deeper blue, the trees a richer foliage, the tints are softer, the green more varied, the shadows and contrasts of scenery more intense than to the general observer. So it is—as a man grows in art, he will grow in thought and poetry ; and then to think how much happiness art has conferred on the family which possesses the vivid resemblance of the lost—how much art has done for history. What does not Spain owe to the pencil of Velasquez P—and, indeed, what has art not done for the faith ? A Murillo and Raphael, as Christian teachers, stand near a Bossuet or Fenelon. " Very true," said Markham ; " and for this cause art fell off when a great faith ceased to become a moving of principle of life and action. In his work on Spanish painters, Stirling, whose pen conveys impressions not less vivid than the works he so eloquently describes, tells us, repeatedly, that these great masters strove to call forth the virtues and charities they had represented on their canvas that they had toiled not merely for fame but for the glory of religion, and the instrnetion of men. It has often oc curred to me how the Titans who stood in proud array at the portals of the sixteenth century, must have been in spired with a subject before they took pencil in hand. Can you not picture Lenardo da Vinci, meditating on the heights of Fiesole, which overlook sweet Florence, ever the beau tiful. Thence he could contemplate the city, basking on the sunny banks of the Arno, the villas scattered in pic turesque groups upon the vine-clad hills ; but music of the city bells from convent and tower being borne towards him on the soft evening breeze. Depend upon it, it was with a mind fraught with no common emotion, and in a spirit of great faith, which the beauty of the scenery, or the silence of the cloister, may have called forth, that he conceived that Madonna which, next to his Last Supper, was the greatest, as it was the first, of his marvellous conceptions. What must have been the frame of mind of Raffaele when he imagined his glorious cartoons P—or of Michael Angelo when he painted his Last Judgment ? It was well remarked, that religion, poetry, and art are all one—the expression of the true, and beautiful, and good ; at least,so it was formerly. Now, I am afraid, much more material objects come into play, and artists prefer creating fortunes to creating immor tal works, We have not space for all the passages we might willingly select, and yet mere isolated passages scarcely do justice to the simple charm that pervades the book as a whole. It is filled throughout with suggestive thoughts and kindly sympathies. As, for example, when it is asked, almost indignantly, " who shall judge another man's life, who shall turn the page down ? For, are there not pages turned down in ail lives ? Is there not a chamber in every heart where men desire that no one should enter ?" In another passage, speaking of trifling acts of kind ness, it is truly observed—" Is anything in life really trifling ? There is much Christianity in closing doors gently —there is great charity in the small obligations of life, if we would but remember it." " Life," it is said in another place, " is a tragedy for men who possess sympathies; a comedy to men of hard hearts andgood digestions." Yet, is this remark less truthful than the kindred opinion of Gray, where he tells us that all men are " Condemned alike to groan, The tender for another's pain, the unfeeling for hie own." From what we have said, it will readily be inferred that we have been more fascinated by the manner of this story, and the thoughts and sentiments that it records, than with the story itself. We must confess that our friendly interest is more largely excited by the biographer than by the hero of the tale. The love episode of Leonard's history is an unfortunate one, and is to be regretted. It almost reconciles us to his early death. His name will, however, linger as a pleasant memory with all who may peruse this charming record of his career. Savage Africa. By W. Winwood Reade. One Vol., pp. 687, illustrate& Smith and Elder. Mr. Winwood Reads tells us in his preface that he makes no pretensions to the title of explorer. "If I have any merit," he says, "it is that of having been the first young man about town to make a bona fide tour in Western Africa ; to travel in that agreeable and salubrious country, with no special object, and at his own expense ; to ,caner in the virgin forest, to flirt with pretty savages ; and to smoke his cigar among cannibals !" An attractive picture assuredly, and a companionship that few " men about town" will envy Mr. Win wood Reads, although certainly possessing all the charms of novelty, a novelty refreshing, one might imagine, even to a Sir Charles Coldstream. If we remember aright Mr. Curzon, in his very remark able work on the monasteries of the Levant, met with a monk who had never seen a woman. Equally surprising is a discovery made by this African explorer when, following out that part of his pro gramme which suggests " a flirtation with pretty savages," he ventures on one occasion to kiss Anauga, the daughter of the King. The damsel is terrified, she thinks he is going to devour her ! " This mode of salutation is utterly unknown in Western Africa; the poor child had thought I was going to dine off her, and had run for her life !" It may be objected perhaps that Mr. Reade's style of relation is too light and flippant for the serious work he has undertaken. Conscious of this him self, he tells us in extenuation that the greater part of the work was written at first in letters to a friend. Occasionally a more serious spirit comes over the gossiping traveller, as when sitting by the grave of a fellow.countryman, he tells us "No one but those who have travelled in a wild and desert and sickly land can understand the emotions with which one contemplates the grave of a white man in the wilderness. It diverts one from the ignoble realities of savage life, and fills one's eyes with those tears which the proudest man is not ashamed to shed." S me very spirited illus trations of " the Queen of the Cannibals," of " the Gorilla," about whom (or which) Mr. Reads has col lected many interesting particulars, of the terrors of an African Tornado, which, we are informed, are like a woman's wrath, furious but brief," of " an inundation in Senegambia," in which all the rival animals of the forest moved by the fear of a com mon danger are crowded together on a projecting elevation ; these and some other similar scenes de picted by a happy pencil, increase the attractions of this very interesting volume. Before taking leave of Mr, Reade, however, we must express our total dissent to the moral and educational conclu sions which he draws from his wanderings. By his account Africa is to be civilised and enlightened not by Christianity, but by the teachings of Mahornmed ! It is undoubtedly true that the Mussulman is less barbarous than the savage, but to extirpate heathenism by error is, to say the least of it, an extraordinary way of propagating truth— METROPOLITAN CATTLE. Our market to-day was but moderately supplied, and prices were the same as on Monday.: Per Ms. to sink the offal. s. d. s. d. Crse. &inf. beasts 3 8 4 0 Second quality do. 4 2 4 6 Prime ,large oxen 4 8 4 10 Prime Scots, &c. 5 0 6 2 Crse. & inf. sheep 4 0 4 6 Second qualitydo. 4 8 5 2 Suckling calves, 20s to 30a 20s to 26s each. a. d. s. d. 1 Primecrs-wool d 0.5 4 5 8 Pme.S'thdowndo.s 10 6 0 Largo arse. calves 5 0 5 6 Prime small do 5 8 6 0 Large hogs 3 6 4 0 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 ; and quarter-old store pigs, FOREIGN SUPPLY. Beasts .. . 230 Sheep and lambs .... 700 Calves Pigs — TOTAL SUPPLY. Beasts .. . Cows llO Sheep Calves .. rigs MEAT MARKETS. NENVGATB AND LEADENHALL.—A. moderate supply of meat is on sale here this day, and the trade is inactive. at the annexed currency :—Beef, from 3s 4d to 4s 4d`; mutton, 4s Od to 5s Od ; veal, 4s 10d to 5s 4d ; and pork, 3s 6d to 4s 8d per 81bs by the carcase. SOUTHALL, Feb. 3.—Supply moderate and trade steady, as follows :—Beet from 3s 8d to 58 Od ; mutton, 4 s 4 d to Gs Od ; veal, 5s Od to 5s 6d ; lamb, Os Od to Os Od ; and pork, 38 10d to 4s 6d per 81bs, to sink the offal. ROMFORD, Feb. 3.—Prime stock changed hands freely, at lull prices ; otherwise, trade was inactive, as follows : Beaf, from 3s Gd to 58 Od ; mutton, 4s Gd to 6s Od ; veal, 4s 8d to 5s (id ; and pork, 3s 8d to 48 Gd per 81138 ; suckling calves, 16s to 225; quarter-old store pigs, 20s to 265; and milch cows, £l4 to £lB Os each. HAY MARKZTS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od; and straw,;,Ll 2s to £1 10s per load. A fair demand. CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 4s to £1 lOs per Load. Supply moderate. WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 10s Od ; clover, £4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, £1 2s to £1 lOs per load. A fair average supply. COAL MARKET. prices of_Coal per Ton at the close of the market. s. (I. Buddle'sWest Hartley 14 9 Byass's Bebside West Hartley . ... 14 9 Lambert's West Hart-: P. d. Carr's Hartley . ...... 14 9 Walls End. Ileugh Hall l9 0 Kelloe ......... lB 14 Hartlepool l9 6 East Hartlepool .19 9 Tritudon Hartlepool...l9 6 Riddell 9 Cassop lB 9 )1, 97; sold, 22. ___ __- ley - 14 Walker Primrose l3 0 Cowpon Hartley l4 9 Hastings Hartley 14 9 West Hartley l4 9 Davison's West Hart- ley l5 Ships at market SECOND E SUN OFFICE, HALF-PAST 4 O'CLOCK. COCHIN-CHINA. The accounts received from Cochin-China, says the Pays, aro quite satisfactory, the most perfect tranquillity prevailing in the provinces occupied by the French. The symptoms of insurrection which showed themselves some short time since have completely disappeared. The administration is occupied in promoting agriculture, and in placing French rule on a so id footing. The Government of Hue appears to be well disposed to respect treaties. THIRD EDITION SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK. GERMAN ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK UPON THE DANNEWERKE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) KIEL, Feb. 4, Afternoon. In the attack upon the Dannewerke, yesterday, the Austrians stormed the positions of Bustorf and Wedelspang, but have still one work before them. Cannonading continues to-day. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT HOUSE OF LORDS—This Evening. The Parliament of the United Kingdom was opened to day by Royal Commission. The Lord Chancellor having read her Majesty's most gracious speech, their lordships immediately afterwards adjourned during pleasure. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the woolsack at five o'clock. NEW PEERS. The following new peers toak the oaths and their seats: —Lord Houghton, the Earl of Chesham, the Bishop of Gloucester, Lord Charlemont, Lord Normanby, Lord Sandys, and the Bishop of Armagh. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales entered the house a few minutes after five, and took his usual seat on the crass benches. The galleries on either side of the house was fully attended by ladies, and the space in front of the throne was also crowded with strangers. THE ADDRESS. The LORD. CHANCELLOR having road her Majesty's Speech, The Marquis of SLIGO rose to move that an humble ad dress be presented to her Majesty, in answer to her most gra cious speech, on the occasion of the opening of Parliament. He said he was confident the feeling of gratitude expresed in the first paragraph of her Majesty's speech would be shared in by the whole of their lordships, and the address that it was then his pleasing duty of moving could not commence more appropriately than by re-echoing that joy the open ing paragraph set forth. He regretted the strife that had broken out in a part of the world with which they had strong ties, but it was very assuring that the Government would do all in their power to preserve the peace of Europe, and at the same time he was rejoiced to hear that every endeavours would be made to bring about a peaceful settlement of the differences that had arisen between Ger many and Denmark, and thus ward off the dangers that might follcw a war in Ithe north of Europe. With respect to position of affairs, in America, ha felt satisfied that the Government had pursued the most prudent course, and although the result of that policy has been prodnctive of nothing but abuse from both parties, yet tiimo only showed that the course pursued by England was the wisest that could be taken when the whole of the difficulties of the po sition were taken into consideration. The noble lord then proceeded to touch upon the other topics alluded to in her Majesty's Speech, and concluded by moving the Address, but in so law a tone of voice as to be quite inaudible in the reporters' gallery. Lord ABERCROMBIE rose to second the Address, which was, as usual, a mere echo of the Speech. He said although Parliament assembled this year with a somewhat cloudy atmosphere abroad, yet, with one or two trifling exceptions, bright sunshine prevailed over her Majesty's dominions. He hoped their lordships would unanimously agree to the Address moved by his noble friend. The Earl of DEDBY rose, and was LEFT SPEAKING. HOUSE OF COMMONS---This Evening, The house re-assembled shortl3 before 4 o'clock. NEW MEMBERS. The following new members took the oaths and their seats : Sir ROUNDELT. PALMER (Attorney-General), on his re election for the borough of Richmond, Yorkshire. Sir R. P. COLLIER (Solicitor-General), on his re-election for the borough of Plymouth. Mr. R. BATESON HARVEY, for Buckinghamshire, in the room of the Hon. W. G. Cavendish, now Baron Chesham, in the House of Peers. The Hon. F. LYGON, for the western division of Worces tershire, in the place of Viscount Elmley, now the Earl Beauchamp, in the House of Peers. Major WATERHOUSE, for the borough of Pontefract, in the room of Mr. R. Monckton Milnes, now Baron Houghton, in the House of Peers. Sir COLMAN O'LOOHLZN, in the room of Mr. F. M. Calcutt, deceased. The: Hon. D, "H. TRACY, for tho Montgomery shire burghs, in the room of Captain W. Johnson, de ceased. Sir Wm. FRASER, Bart., for the borough of Ludlow, in the room of Mr. Beriah Botfield, deceased. Mr. J. PEEL, for the borough of Tamworth, in the room of Viscount Raynham, now the Marquis Townshend, in the House of Peers. Mr. MORGAN TREHERNE, for the borough of Coventry, in the room of the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, deceased. Mr. LLOYD, for the borough of Barnstaple, in the room of Mr. George Potts, deceased, Mr. G. S. LEFEVRE, for the borough of Reading, in the room of Mr. Sergeant Pigott, now one of the Barons of her Majesty's Court of Exchequer. Colonel WYSE, for the borough of Windsor, in the room of Mr. G. W. Hope, deceased. Mr. C. NEATE, for the city of Oxford, in the room of Mr. J. H. Langston, deceased. Mr. W. HUMPHREY, for the borough of Andover, in the room of Mr. William Cubitt, deceased. NEW WRITS. On the motion of Mr. BRAND a writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member to serve for the city of Dur ham, in the room of Sir W, Atherton, deceased. On the motion of Colonel TAYLOR, a writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for Tewkesbury, in the room of the Hon. Frederick Lygon, who had accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hunireds. On the motion of Lord HOTILADI, a writ was ordered to issue for the election of a member for Winchester, in the room of Sir J. B. Earl, who accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. ENTRANCE OF LORD PALMERSTON. On the entrance of Lord Palmerston, about 20 minutes past 4 o'clock, his lordship was greeted with loud cheers. Immediately after taking his seat, the noble lord walked vigorously down the floor, and then returned and laid on the table different certain treaties of convention which had been entered into by her Majesty during the recess, and which are specified in the Royal speech. NEW BILLS. Mr. BRAND gave notice of bills to be introduced by the Secretary of State for the Home Department relative to insane persons—(cheers)—and by his noble friend the Secretary of the Admiralty on naval affairs. Mr. O'IIAGAN gave notice that he would move for leave to bring in a bill relative to the conveyance of land in Ire • land, and with respect to county courts in that country. Mr. M. GIBSON gave notice that he would move for a committee to inquire into the metropolitan railway schemes now proposed to be entertained this session; and as an arrangement was likely to be effected between this house and the House of Lords relative to such schemes, he would lay on the table a bill relating to private bills. Mr. S. FITZGERALD gave notice that he would ask certain questions relative to the capture of British vessels. Mr. L. KING gave notice that he would introduce a bill for the extension of the franchise in boroughs. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH. The SPEAKER having read the Royal Speech, Lord 1.1.. GROSVENOR, on moving an add ress t o her Majesty in reply to the Ruyal Audress, alluded t o t h e d o • rus tic event referred to in her Majesty's Address, and next adverted to the Danish question. Hu s a id it was much to be regretted that after t h e isperience of the German coun tries in 1848 and 1857, they should have adopted a bully ing tone towards Denmark. (Cheers.) He thought it was the duty of this country to maintain the balance of power in Europe, and to adhere to international treaties. (Cheers.) The next paragraph in the speech related to Japan, and he denied that the Government was blamable far the disaster that had occurred in that country, and defended the policy of the Government. He expressed a hope that the natives of that country would be made to feel the power of England when exercised in the right. 'With regard to New Zealand, the disaffected were confined to the northern parts, and he made the same observations as with regard to Japan. Having referred in terms of approval to the other portions of the Royal Speech, he concluded by moving the address, expressive of grateful solicitude relative to the in terests of her Majesty and the royal ft.ruily, particularly the marriage of the Prince of \V ales and the birth of a prince. (Cheers.) Mr, GOSCHEN, in seconding the address, re-echoed the strong feeling of love and loyalty towards her Majesty and the Royal family it expressed. Ho defended the policy of the government in regard to Schleswig-Holstein, Her Mejesty had been unremitting in her endeavours to accomplish N% hat was the object of all parties, namely, peace. He trusted that object would be eventually adopted by other countries, although there might be some difference as to the mode of carrying it out. This country had not made up its mind with regard to the doctrine of non-intervention. This country was not to isolate itself from the events of Europe on selfish grounds, or to repudiate her own interests. A notion, however, prevailed in Germany that this country would not interfere under any circumstances, and thr.t our sympathy with Denmark merely resulted from selfish considerations as regarded our commerce, lie asserted that the present hostilities in Europe developed the fact that war was undertaken for the purpose of breaking treaties, which war had before been commenced to maintain. (Cheers.) The hon. member then referred in terms of great gratitude to the commercial prosperity. The country had developed its elasticity by rising superior to a failure of one branch of its industry by its energy in others, and the only cry from Manchester was not to interfere with this blockade which had interfered with her local prosperity. With regard to the imports there was a falling off in only one article, namely, wheat, to the amount of £11,000,000, while there was an increase which would go a great way to meet the deficit of £18,000,000 arising from the increase in the price of cotton. He then alluded in terms of approval to the state of India, and expressed a hope that the principle of free trade would. be extended. Mr. DISRAELI said that the Royal Address proposed by her Majesty's Government was not just to the circum stances of the country. (Hear, hear.) He did not allude to the events in the Royal family. (Laughter.) Allusion had been made to the diminution of distress in one part of the country; but none to distress in any other parts. Ho thought there might be some allusion made to Ireland, in which great distress prevailed, and which was borne as patiently and as heroically as in Manchester. A great emigration was going on in this country, and it should be remembered that in moments of peril how deeply ,in debted this country was to the va!our and fidelity of the natives of the sister isle. (Hear, hear). He thought further information might have been given with respect to America and China. There was also one grave omission in the Royal Speech that, when we were stated to be at peace, which was usually inserted, namely, assurances of amity from foreign powers. It appearedto him that her Majesty's Ministers were in a state of confusion. With regard to Poland he asserted that the Ministry fanned the flame, and when it broke out withdrew from further in terference. They had adopted a policy which they should never have done in justice to the Poles if they did not mean to carry it out. (Hear, bear.) He deprecated the course of conduct which this country adopted in refer ence to the King of Greece, [LEFT SPEAKING.] SPORTING INTELLIGENCE---This Day. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) TATTERSALLS'.—Tins EVENING. CITY AND SUBURBAN. 20 to 1 agst Liston (taken) 50 to 1 agst Trumps (taken) CHESTER CI P. 20 to 1 agst Accident (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Anfield (taken and offered) 20 to 1 agst Blackdown (offered) 25 to 1 agst Muezzin (takin and offered) 25 to 1 agst Tooi Tool (take 30 to 1) 40 to 1 agst Durham (taken) 40 to 1 agst Tattoo (taken) THE DERBY. 10 to 1 agst Scottish Chief (off -red) 27 to 2 asst Coast Guard (taken) 14 to 1 agst Paris (taken) 15 to 1 agst Cambuscn (offered) 28 to 1 agst Idler (taken) 30 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken) 1000 to 15 agst Baragah (taken) Bank of England Return,•--This Even-ng. An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Sth Victorif:, cap. 32, for the week ending on Wednesday, the 3d day of Feb., 1864: ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued ---£27.275,985; £7,225,985 BANKING Di Proprietors' Capi tal £14.553.000 Rest Public Deposits (in cluding Exche quer, Savings' Banks, Commis missioners of N a tional Debt, and Dividend Ac- Government Debt £11,015,1( 0 Other Securities 3.631,900 Gold Coin & Bullion 12,625,985 Silver Bullion ..... E PARTMEN T. counts) 6.71807 Other Deposits— 13,372,951 Seven Day and other Bills 806,975 Feb. 4, 1864. £38,736,927 AL 1 £27,275,955 Government Secu rities (including Dead Wei,htAn- nuitY) .£11,124,514 Other Securities 20,214,750 Notes Gold and Silver 677;458 Cola £38,736,927 RSHALL, Chief Cashier. LAW INTELLIGENCE—(This Day.) COURT OF DIVORCE. (Before Sir J. P. Wilde.) O'KANE V. O'KANE AND LORD PALMERSTON. The court, as on the previous day when this ease was brought forward, was crowded to excess both by the bar and the public, and during the brief proceedings the too ost perfect silence prevailed, evincing the deep interest of the spectators. On the case being called on, The Queen's Advocate said—ln order to prevent are peti tion of the irregularities that took place when the case ;ame last before the court, I trust your lordship will allow n ae to make a few observations. Mr. G. Browne (counsel for the petitioner)—l don't see what right the Queen's Advocate has to make any observa tions at present. The Queen's Advocate—The petition in this case was served in October, 1863, the answer was filed on the 1/..,th of November following, in which the respondent denied; the adultery, and the co-respondent applied on the 27th Deo em ber for specifications with reference to the adultery charged Your lordship on last Tuesday week made an order for the petitioner to furnish particulars, or, in the event of his not complying, the petition to be dismissed. Sir J. P. Wilde—You cannot be heard first, as that cc urse would be irregular. The Queen's Advocate—l was called on to peruse these affidavits, and having done so I think it right to say that much of the matter it contains might be omitted, although counsel for the petitioner said there would not be any irre levant matter introduced. I made the frame observation on the last day when the case was brought on. Mr. Seymour was about to make Borne observations, but Sir J. Wilde said the proper course was for Mr. Brown now to show cause. Mr. Brown—On the last day I was making some obser vations relative to the affidavit of Mr, Wells, but I was interrupted, and was not permitted to make these observa tions. The affidavit on which Mr. Seymour, as counsel for the respondent, obtained his rule contained gra ve charges against the petitioner and Mrs., W e lls, and stated that the case was brought forward merely for the purposes of extor tion ; but that allegation was founded me rel y on the belief of Mr. Horsley, and I am instructed to give it the most emphatio denial. Sir J. P. Wilde—Read the affidavit. Mr. Brown read that portion of the affidavit which re. ferred to the charge of extortion, and other portions o i tho same which have already been published. I repeat that that charge is quite untrue. I regret very much that the 'letter of Mr. O'Kane was appended to that affidavit. "Wiei re ilde—What does th a t mean ? gard to the arrrangement, I deny that it Was made hew Tea n—Why, that the arrangements were made 4' t h ii p rr. a. Jr B t . i r e l e vw . third parties. Mr. ,P. Wylde—That is what you mean. Mr. Brown—Under these circumstances 1 am not in structed to make any f u i ther opposition to the rule being made absolute. The Queen's Advocate —After the expression of Your lordship I have but one word to say with respect to the arrangement. lam instructed to deny empbaticarly that any arrangement was made between the co-respondent and the petitioner. Mr, Seymour entered info explanations in reference to certain irregularities imputed to the solicitor of his client. Sir J. P Wilde—From what has taken place to4,ay the petition roust of course be dismissed. The petitioner now comes into court and says an arrangement has been eff,:cted through his friends. It was a hardship that a man should; be allowed to take away the character of his wife with impunity by casting imputations on her chastity. The respondent, who, challenged proof, now leaves the court without a tarni.sh. The petitioner retires with evil words, and with the contempt cl others. With respect to the co-respondent, it is a matter of great se tistac tion to the Court that a name which is never nontioncd in England without just pride should have passed from its annals without a stain. A burst of applause broke forth, but which, of course, was immediately repressed. The rule was then made abE olutp. CE N. TEAL CRIMINAL COURT—This Day. OLD COU RT. - - TILE MURDERS AND PIRACY ON THE HIGH S} S. (Before Mr. Baron Bramwell.) The prisoners John Lyons, Barcelia la Santos, Mursto Durano, Francisco Blanco, Manilla mon; Marco- Varto, Marcelliano, Miguel Lopez, an d George Carlos, wel:t, again placed at the bar this morning. Mr. Tindal Atkinson, Mr. Metcalf, Mr, Sleigh, I lir. ton, Mr. Kemp, and Mr. Best addressed the jury • for t h e prisoners. The Solicitor-General having replied, The learned Judge summed up the evidence. The jury had not returned their verdict when '9 .-e went to press. 'At b. 3 . op olu A , 11) es t'' , Lied to Wal t TO " : fa a'